SPORTS Direct founder Mike Ashley has hit back at calls for him to give evidence in Parliament about the treatment of his workers.

Mike Ashley has been warned he could be in contempt of Parliament if he does not appear

Ian Wright, chairman of the Commons business, skills and innovation committee, had warned the Newcastle United owner he could be in contempt of Parliament if he failed to appear.

But Ashley, who has invited the committee to visit the Shirebrook headquarters in Derbyshire, accused Wright of adopting a “deliberately antagonistic” stance and “abusing Parliamentary procedure in an attempt to create a media circus”.